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There are 50 marbles of 3 colors: blue yellow and black The probability of picking up a blue marble is 3/10 and that of picking up a yellow marble is 1/2 The probability of picking up a black ball is
  1. 1/4
  2. 4/5
  3. 1/5
  4. 1/10

A
1/5
B
4/5
C
1/4
D
1/10
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P(blue)=310=1550,i.e., there are 15 blue marbles
P(yellow)=12=2550,i.e., there are 25 yellow marbles
Number of black marbles=10
P(black)=1050=15

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